The first election to West Glamorgan County Council was held in April 1973. [1] It was followed by the 1977 election.
The new authority came into effect from 1 April 1974 following the division of the former Glamorgan County Council into three new authorities.
A feature of the election was that the new authority replaced both the existing Glamorgan County Council and the Swansea County Borough Council. In addition, the number of borough and district councils within the new county was reduced to four, namely Swansea City Council, Afan Borough Council, Lliw Valley Borough Council and Neath Borough Council. In many cases members of the former authorities found themselves competing for a reduced number of seats.
The Labour Party fielded candidates in every ward. A significant proportion of seats were contested by the Conservative Party and Plaid Cymru with fewer candidates fielded by the Liberal Party.
In the Port Talbot area, Lord Heycock was returned unopposed but other Labour candidates faced opposition from Ratepayers and Tenant Association candidates. At Cwmavon, Alderman Mel John, serving mayor of the borough, contested the seat as a Progressive Labour candidate having failed to gain the official nomination. [2]
Labour won a decisive victory, winning support across the new county.
In the Neath area, Labour won eleven of the thirteen seats. The only successful candidates from other parties were Martin Thomas (Independent) at Coedffranc, who served on the former Glamorgan County Council and Huw Evans (Plaid Cymru), at Dulais Higher and Crynant. Evans was the prospective Plaid Cymru parliamentary candidate for the Neath constituency. [3]
Labour also won most of the seats in the Port Talbot area but suffered some defeats at the hands of Ratepayer candidates. At Cwmavon, a sitting member of Glamorgan County Council was defeated by Mel John, who had failed to win the party nomination.
o indicates sitting councillor on Glamorgan County Council or Swansea City Council prior to 1973 election
A indicates sitting alderman on Glamorgan County Council or Swansea City Council prior to 1973 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jim Warren | 3,374 | |||
Labour | Colin Crowley | 2,906 | |||
Labour | Cyril Lewiso | 2,889 | |||
Residents | Laurie Stanton | 2,371 | |||
Residents | Jim Roberts | 2,280 | |||
Turnout | 48.3 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Douglas Heatley | 1,829 | |||
Ratepayers | Reg Raikes | 1,584 | |||
Turnout | 53.5 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Idwal Hopkin | 1,319 | |||
Ratepayers | Hilda Cuss | 733 | |||
Turnout | 52.8 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Adams | Unopposed | |||
Labour | R. Dowdle | Unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | B. Ludham | Unopposed | |||
Labour | E. Knill | Unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive | Mel John | 1,548 | |||
Labour | Leslie Richardso | 1,026 | |||
Turnout | 67.9 | ||||
Progressive win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Victor Cyril Alexander | 2,471 | |||
Labour | D. Bevan | 2,297 | |||
Conservative | David Mercer | 1,249 | |||
Conservative | R. Hinds | 1,185 | |||
Turnout | 38.9 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Valerio | 1,732 | |||
Conservative | T. Thomas | 1,715 | |||
Labour | P. McCallum | 889 | |||
Turnout | 38.2 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Daniels | Unopposed | |||
Labour | G. Davies | Unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | B. Keal | Unopposed | |||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | F. Lord | 1,644 | |||
Ratepayers | D. Thomas | 1,121 | |||
Turnout | 60.5 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | G. Beynon | 1,682 | |||
Labour | V. Watters | 642 | |||
Turnout | 47.4 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Cox | Unopposed | |||
Labour | S. John | Unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. Lloyd-Jones | 3,009 | |||
Labour | L. Penhaligan | 2,623 | |||
Plaid Cymru | John Ball | 1,232 | |||
Communist | E. Bevan | 366 | |||
Turnout | 41.2 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. Jones | 1,597 | |||
Independent | Cled Morgan | 1,184 | |||
Turnout | 62.3 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Davies | 2,782 | |||
Labour | J. Jones | 2,270 | |||
Liberal | C. Thomas | 1,702 | |||
Independent Labour | M. Thomas | 1,574 | |||
Turnout | 69.8 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Thomas | 2,495 | |||
Labour | D. Turner | 2,222 | |||
Liberal | H. Griffiths | 1,514 | |||
Conservative | N. Williams | 1,457 | |||
Turnout | 73.0 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Llewellyn Heycocko | Unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Wilf Mitchello | 781 | |||
Ratepayers | Clyde Penhale | 682 | |||
Turnout | 60.0 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ratepayers | Edward Miles | 1,482 | |||
Labour | Cled Phillips | 1,011 | |||
Turnout | 59.2 | ||||
Ratepayers win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | P. Evans | 1,996 | |||
Labour | S. Havard | 1,977 | |||
Ratepayers | C. Hadley | 1,810 | |||
Ratepayers | J. Howes | 1,295 | |||
Turnout | 35.8 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | A. Chilcot | 3,180 | |||
Conservative | M. Jones | 3,072 | |||
Labour | L. Neale | 1,757 | |||
Turnout | 38.2 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Phillipso | 4,159 | |||
Labour | Fred Kingdom | 4,137 | |||
Labour | Dillwyn David | 4,013 | |||
Labour | Len Burtono | 3,891 | |||
Communist | Gordon Jenkins | 1,683 | |||
Communist | Walter Ferriss | 1,378 | |||
Communist | Bill Pritchard | 1,019 | |||
Communist | E. Strangeword | 689 | |||
Turnout | 48.3 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Cecil Evans | 2,669 | |||
Labour | Lillian Jones | 2,261 | |||
Independent | Jack Leitzo | 1,541 | |||
Independent | Gerald Hemming | 1,533 | |||
Turnout | 53.7 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roy Jones | 2,905 | |||
Independent | Martin Thomaso | 2,534 | |||
Labour | Norman Thomas | 2,385 | |||
Labour | Tom Thomas | 2,131 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Huw Evans | 1,919 | |||
Plaid Cymru | O. Roberts | 1,629 | |||
Labour | Wilfred Jones | 1,575 | |||
Labour | Clifford G. Jones | 1,499 | |||
Independent | T. Rees | 1,346 | |||
Labour | Richard Davies | 1,300 | |||
Independent | L. Adams | 1,191 | |||
Communist | Glaslyn Morgan | 734 | |||
Plaid Cymru | T. Evans | 346 | |||
Turnout | 67.3 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | |||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Hullo | 1,470 | |||
Independent | R. Rees | 1,277 | |||
Plaid Cymru | G. Dawe | 273 | |||
Turnout | 63.2 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Allison | 3,152 | |||
Labour | T. Jones | 3,090 | |||
Labour | G. Thomas | 3,032 | |||
Plaid Cymru | D. Reynon | 972 | |||
Communist | W. Jones | 584 | |||
Communist | B. Lewis | 424 | |||
Communist | H. Barrow | 280 | |||
Turnout | 29.4 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Williams | 1,151 | 62.1 | ||
Labour | G. Williams | 703 | 37.9 | ||
Turnout | 56.1 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Maunder | 2,694 | |||
Independent | M. Rees | 1,948 | |||
Labour | C. Jones | 1,836 | |||
Plaid Cymru | M. Mulcahy | 1,507 | |||
Independent | R. Jones | 1,037 | |||
Turnout | 78.9 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Lake | 4,702 | |||
Labour | W. Rees | 4,615 | |||
Labour | B. Richards | 4,464 | |||
Plaid Cymru | R. Davies | 3,305 | |||
Turnout | 65.4 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | C. Dilley | 1,741 | |||
Conservative | M. Hinds | 1,545 | |||
Labour | D. Davies | 1,067 | |||
Turnout | 49.1 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | M. Vaughan | 5,270 | |||
Conservative | S. Perry | 4,819 | |||
Conservative | R. Massey-Shaw | 4,477 | |||
Labour | J. Dalton | 2,372 | |||
Turnout | 47.2 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A, Morris | Unopposed | |||
Labour | H. Tabram | Unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Hare | Unopposed | |||
Labour | I. Morgan | Unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. Wignall | 1,848 | |||
Labour | T. Evans | 1,748 | |||
Conservative | C. McPherson | 429 | |||
Turnout | 34.4 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ratepayers | D. Jenkins | 1,390 | |||
Ratepayers | S. Jenkins | 1,132 | |||
Labour | A. Taylor | 1,051 | |||
Labour | R. Lloyd | 852 | |||
Conservative | T. Morgan | 477 | |||
Conservative | E. Burrington | 329 | |||
Turnout | 57.5 | ||||
Ratepayers win (new seat) | |||||
Ratepayers win (new seat) |
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